Vehicle-tire.



PATEN TED FEB. 27, 1906.

G. M. STADELMAN;

VEHICLE TIRE. APPLIOATION FILED APR. 26, 1904.

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GEORGE MAR-TIN STADELMAN, OF AKRON, OHIO.

VEHICLE-TIRE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 27, 1906.

Application filed. April 26, 1904. Serial No. 205,010.

To (all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that l, GEORGE MARTIN STAD- l ELMAN, a citizen of the UnitedStates, resid- 1 .ing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State ofOhio, have invented new and useful improvements in Vehicle-Tires, ofwhich the following is a specification. 4

This invention relates to improvements in l vehicle-tires; and theobject is to provide in a l cushion-tire guides for the retaining banclsthat hold the tire in 'or upon the rim for the v purpose of forcing orguiding said bands in- Lil upon the rim, form part of my invention, asit constitutes a J bands in close contact with ward toward the tire,causing them to cling to the seats or shoul ers therefor formed in thetire, whereby the said bands are held in place and prevented fromslipping between i the tire and flanges of the rim,-especially duringthe twistin and stretching of the tire caused by the w eelsfencounteringor passing J over obstructions and inequalities or in 1nak-. ing sharpturns. 1

With the above object in view the invention consists in the novelfeatures of construcl tion hereinafter fully described, particularlypointed out in the claims, and clearly illustrated by the accompanyingdrawings, in whichy Figure l is a perspective view of my improvedband-guide removed from the tire; Fig. 2, a side elevation of a portionof a tire provided with my invention; and Fig. 3, a transverse sectionthrough the tire and rim, showing my improved band-guides applied to athe in connection with retaining-bands.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, 1 designates the rim,having flanges 2 extending about its edge, forming therebetween a seatfor the tire 3. Said tire is formed on each side with acircumferentially-extending shoulder 4, which shoulders form seats forthe retaining wires or bands 5, which extend therearound and retain thetire in position This construction does not common and well-knownstructure. In this form of tire the retaining-bands 5 frequently slipdown between the tire and the flanges of the rim, due to the twisting orstretching of the tire as the vehicle makes sharp turns or in slip ingupon stones or in passing over roughro'a ways, with the result that thetire is very apt to cave the rim. My invention is designed to remove.this objectionable feature ly the provision of means for holding the theseats of the i tire at all times regardless of the movement ofthe-vehicle, my guides providing an adj ustable clench for the tire andpreventing the slipping of the bands therefrom.

1 .i provide a number of plates 6, which are preferably molded into thebase of the tire, being provided with erforations for causing them toadhere closely to the rubber. Each plate consists of a base portion 7and end flanges 8, disposed between the sides of the tire and theflanges of the rim. The ends of these flanges 8 terminate in closeproximity to the seats 4 of'the tire and are preferably inclinedinwardly slightly toward said seats. As will be seen, these flanges 8serve to press the retaining-bands 5 inward upon their seats at all.times, causing said bands to adjust themselves to the varying positionsof the tire during the different mqvements of the 1 vehicle.

A distinguishing characteristic of my improvement consists in itsavoidance of the interposition of any part or any material part of themetal plates G'betw'ecn the retaining-wires and the surfaces of theshoulders 4, 'on which the wires bear. This enables the wires to contactthroughout, or substantially throughout, with the rubber, with theadvantage, among other advantages, of a much tighter fit by depressioninto their seats than .if the metal plates 6 were interposed as bearingsbetween the rubber and the wires, and with the further and all-importantadvantage of adapting. the ends of the guide-plates to tend to maintainengagement of the retaining-bands with their seats by positivelythrowing the endless bands inwardly and downwardl against said seats.

Having t us fully described my invention, what I claim a new, and desireto secure by Letters Patentmf the United States, is i 1. In combiiiationwith the rim of a vehicle-wheel, a cushioning-tire upon said rim havingits sides formed with circumferential retaining-band seats,retaining-bands extending about said seats, and rigid guiding means forsaid bands at the sides of the tire, unyieldingly supported on said rimand operating to guide said bands inwardly and downwardly against theirseats and retain the tire in the rim-channel.

2. in combination with. the rim of a vehicle-wheel, a cushioning-tireupon said rim, having a circumferential seat, a retainingband extendingabout said seat and contact- ICO ,formed with a cinumferentia ing withthe yielding surface thereof, substantially throughout itscircumference, and a plurality of rigid band-guides unyieldinglysupported on said rim tending to maintain the engagement of said bandwith said seat.

3. In combination with the rim of avehiole-wheel, a cushioning-tire uponsai rim, having a circumferential seat, and a plurality of rigidband-guides unyieldingly supported on said rim and tending to maintainthe engagement of said band with said seat at the points on the latterwhich coincide with the ends of said uides.

4. In com ination with the rim of a vehiole-wheel, a cushioning-tireupon said rim, having a circumferential seat, a retainingband extendingabout said seat, and a plurality of rigid band-guides unyieldinglysupported on said rim, said guides terminating at their ends adjacent tothe edge of the shoulder of said seat and tending to maintain theengagement of said band with said seat.

5. In combination with the rim of a vehiole-wheel, a cushioning-tire uon said rim formed with a circumferentia seat about each side,retaining-bands extending around said seats and each contacting with they d n throug out the circumference of the latter, and a plurality ofrigid band-guides unyieldingly supported on said rim and tending tomaintain the engagement of said bands .with said seats.

6. In combination with the rim of a vehicle-wheel, a cushi-ming-tireupon said rim seat about each side, retaining-bands extending aroundsaid seats, and band-guiding plates formed with end flanges, extendingat intervals across the base of the tirewith the flanges terminatingadjacent to the edges of said surface of its seat substantially" l i l il l l said seats and tending to maintain engagement of the bands withtheir seats.

8. In combination with the rim of a vehicle-wh'eel, a cushioning-tireupon said rim formed with a cireun'ifermtial seat about each side,retaining-bands extending around said seats and band-guiding platesmolded at intervals into the base of the tire to extend across the sameand formed with end flanges provided with inwardly-inelined extremitiesterminating adjacent to the edges of said seats and tending toi'naintai'n engagement of the bands with their seats.

9. Ina vehicle-tire, the combination with a rim of an elastic tire,having a circumferentially-extending seat or shoulder at each sidethereof, retaining-bands extending around said seats and band-guidescomprising a base portion extending beneath the base of the tire, andside flanges terminating adjacent to the seats,and having their outerends beveled inwardly toward the'seats for causing said bands to clingto said seats,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE lll AR'llN S'lAllElJviAN.

Witnesses:

'HELEX llINMAN,

J. H. Anans.

